John Haley and his fiancée had been searching for Ally Bank's lucky pennies since the scavenger hunt started.

Haley was searching for a penny in Freedom Park about two weeks ago when his fiancée called to tell him that she saw a hint about the location ofone of the pennies on Ally Bank's Twitter account. Haley said the picture hinted at Cabo Fish Taco, a popular restaurant in NoDa.

Haley made it to the restaurant within 20 minutes, just in time to pick up the penny.

"(I) just came across the street, kind of saw it gleaming like a Super Mario coin, so I came across, grabbed it and called her up," Haleysaid. "Naturally she didn't believe me at first, so I had to send her a thousand pictures to make sure it was real."

Haley said the penny was hidden in a tiny groove of the bench outside the restaurant. He went on the company's website and entered thecoin's code so he could win $1,000.

He said he already has big plans for the money. He's planning to get married in June.

Haley found the fifth penny in Charlotte. Ally Bank said there are still four pennies hidden across the Queen City. The other pennies were foundat Romare Bearden Park, the Charlotte Convention Center, near Discovery Place and outside Bakersfield in Dilworth.

The lucky pennies are copper-color like real pennies, but feature the Detroit-based bank's logo instead of Abraham Lincoln's head. Theflip side of the coin lists its value at 100,000 cents.

To read the complete article, see:
Finder of $1,000 'lucky'penny reveals how he found the rare coin (www.wsoctv.com/news/local/founder-of-1000-lucky-penny-reveals-how-he-found-the-rare-coin/466370016)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE ALLY FINANCIAL LUCKY PENNY (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n43a28.html)

Good For One Free Dram

If you recently picked up a gold coin that said "H&D" and "good for one free dram," you now know where to use it: Hearth & Dram.

Sources who are not pirates or leprechauns say the new, independent restaurant will open at 1801 Wewatta St., in the Union Station neighborhood,in January.

Hearth & Dram, lead by executive chef Jeffrey Wall, will offer a familiar Denver dining experience of rustic American fare that is "adventurousand approachable," according to a press release. The menu will be seasonal and locally sourced when possible.

To read the complete article, see:
Here's who left coins "good for one free dram" allaround Denver (www.denverite.com/heres-left-coins-good-one-dram-around-denver-hearth-dram-23172/)